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Step Lively (1944)

Step Lively poster
Directed by
Tim Whelan
Genre
musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stage producer and his struggling theater company try to put on a show while evading a demanding hotel manager. A singer joins the troupe and helps them raise money to keep the production alive.

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What happens

Step Lively is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sinatra. Step Lively was based on the 1937 play Room Service, by Allen Boretz and John Murray. It was a remake of the 1938 RKO film Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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